Of the idiﬁorie of Plantst L I B_ L I B. I. Of the Hiﬁorie ofPIa.nts.* T

tonguefiraitneth the gullet or thi-oat,and draw- - eth downe bloud into the ftomacke or maw 5

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3? 1 Guzman tommtaﬂtm arzmziimzcmm. T 2 Gf4m€ﬂIT45¢ﬂi£t(f4i#?~?2‘fzégagy; :-

The 16 {fer Rscd wgmﬂwe. whereof enfueth in flatnmatioinand death for the

moi} part. And not onely this Calamogroﬂir is hurtfull , but alfo all other kindes of {hearing leaned Reeds,Flagges, Sed ge,and the like,which haue as itwere edges , and cut onboth {ides like kniues,as well mens ﬁngers,as cartels mouthes. This herb is in a meane between reed and grafle. The root is white , ‘creeping downewards very deepe. The f pike or care is like vnto the Reed? being {oft and cottony, fotnewhat refembling Panicke.

This in r.oot,i’tallts,and leaues, is like to the~la£’c defcribed,but that they are lefier. The top or head is along {ingle f‘ pike or care, not fe~ uered or parted into many cares , like the top of the precedent, and by this and the magnitude it may chiefely he diftiiigtiiflted from it. This was in the twelfth place in the lixteenth chapter,v‘n- cler thetitle ‘of Gmmm hamndimzrcum mizzm.-and the Czzlamogroﬂés but now defcribed,waS likewife there ztgaine in the eleuenth place. at

(J The Place, The ﬁrﬁ growes in fields and Orchards almoliz euerie where. ' T T The other grow in fenny waterie .p lacesr

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2 ’"-{iris in Lincolnihire is called Sheere-graﬂ‘e or Hennes in other parts of England,VVilde Reed : in L;t.tine,C4l4m0_g7ty’I5i5;Outof the Gmcke I‘ "l“’””§’””./2% V _ ‘As for their natures and vertues,we do not ﬁnde any great vfe of them worth the relatino.

T Th f ‘in: gasin the ﬁzcnml place was ofGrmm mains dqtlaticum , being the fccond oi the precedent Chapzcra The true ﬁgure OF this was ;-.334 :1 e igurc A i V » " ‘

. h .-.l as p,,,,,,m hmmdimz ceum mm. The third being there alfo,;isIl1auc touched in the Dcfcriprion. HEIGCYE CH! C: X J ’

C HVAAPH. 6. 0fFeat/3er/t0p,Fer1ze,or Woodzglra/J7‘e.

qf The Defcription. 5; 1 His might fitly haue been put to thofe mentioned in the foregoing chapter, but ' that our Author determined it for this,as may appearc by the mention made of it in the Names,as alfo by the defcriprion hereof, framed §‘i'()m‘tl1C:.‘ﬁgLlr€ we here ~ " ° Gralle is arnilhed with chafﬁe and downie tufts fer V"iO'1 a lone benty iialk clue Qu. #1 fhls . g _ ; .. 1}. L U . of twii) cnbits high, or fomewhat m0re,naked without any blades or leaues for the moft part. HIS wot is tough and hard. 1: '1” he top 15 commonly ofa red or murrey colour.) arid the leaues foft and downye g T 1 _ _' 3; 2 ‘1“his,vvhoie ﬁgure was formerly by our Author giuen for the lafi. del?:rinetl,thottgli very .1. 12.9"-".r=~(J§‘-‘C from it is a verypretty and elegant graffe : it in roots and lcanes is not vnlike to ID‘.i(,i.l Cl 3.11;}. , ... 5 ~ . . . the Vﬁmli medow Graife : the ftalke rifeth to the height of ti foot,and at the top thereof it beareth am;-aut;{u1i gannicle, whence the Frcncli and Spaniih Nationscall it L,/177-2om'ctl'£5, that ir,Louely (,‘m{’_€_"¢_ This if-,r'j;§d conﬁiis of many little eares,(haped much like thofe ofrhe ord inmrie Q_naking Gmfrc rouge, mfg ﬂatter, being compofed of more skalcs, fo that each of them. fornewhat rt:fem- mes th)C1Ca3?,C of 3 ﬁn a1 1 Fgfﬂ 5 whince I haue calleﬁ it Fetrjn-graflle. Tlliefe litiiigli; when they ripe .. -. T ' tura y to eauti ie gar am. 5. are white and are gathered where t ey grow na 1 W - 3 ‘V‘x:’t:c>d—graife hath many fmalland threddy roots cornpaét together in manner of a tuft -, gym whzjeii irnrnediatly out of the earth many graﬂie l_eaues,among thewhich are fu1:1dr:; ﬁx“ 7 _ «,2

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benty ﬂalkesmaked and without leaues or bladeg like the former, bearing at the top a foft 1” pikie tuft or care much like vnto a Fox-taile,ofa brown, nifh colour. »

1 4. This in leaues,{ialks,roots,,manner and place of growingisiike the lali defcribed : The only difference betweene them is, That this hath much le{ic,yet fharper or rougher cares or tufts, The figure and defcription of thiswas formerly giuen by our Author in the ﬁxteenth chapter and ' ninth place, vnder the title of Gnzmm Mvazicam mizmr. But becaufe the difference between the laﬁ: defcribed and this is fo fmall, we hauc fpared the figure, to make roome for others more gliﬁereng and note-worthy.

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I This kind of Grafafe growes in fertil fields and pafhires.

2 The fecond growes in diners places of Spain and France. - '

. The other _two grow in woods. 1

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I Loéelin Latine calleth this, Grammtomm-‘ t.9ﬁ¢m&'4ceroﬁtm. Some haue taken it for the re; cond kinde ofcalamogroﬂis 5 but molt commonly b

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